A report from Australias Climate Institute which links global warming with mental illness is already drawing eyerolls from a central academic in the global climate-change debate.

In its report, the anti-carbon emissions organization argues that a spike in severe weather events in Australia coincides with increased rates of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and substance abuse.

Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish professor and environmental statistician, and a cautious believer in global warming  but also an advocate for sound and rational decisions about how to fix it  told The Daily Caller the study is problematic.

Cutting carbon emissions to slow a mental health epidemic down the road, Lomborg says, is an extreme reaction that makes it difficult to take global warming and climate change advocates seriously.

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